Tusa, Sicilia: Scirocco series

Cyanotype (images painted with a black ink using wild fennel on transparency sheets)

14"x16" each on Hahnemühle paper

May 2023

Printed during Artist-in-Residence spring 2023 program at Officina Stamperia del Notaio in Tusa, Sicilia.

Scirocco is a Mediterranean wind that comes from the Sahara that reaches in Southern Europe during spring and summer. This series of prints portrays the visual timeline of the scirocco hitting this town, Tusa, in North of Sicilia as a folktale witnessed by a cat.